Bongo or jazz

[Auer]

Sell the JB and buy a PB.

 

[mikewalker]

BONGO FOR THE WIN!!!

 

[DaveParker39]

Unless you need the money, why would you? You can cover a lot of ground with those two instruments.
Then you can save up for bass #3, P-Bass with flats

 

[DaveParker39]

Both can sound great. There are definitely band leaders out there who would not want the Bongo onstage purely because of the look. That may or may not be a point of consideration for you.

This point is actually probably the strongest of any that don't involve keeping both basses. If you take upscale gigs there is a possibility you will be doing something ritzy for which the Bongo might be less than ideal cosmetically. I suppose you could have a cheap second bass laying around for a situation like that, but... yeah, an interesting consideration.

 

[BazzaBass]

I have both Fender elite Jazz and a 2006 Bongo differential scale but I like the both your opinion

Is this a fun question or do have trouble with your executive function?

 

[Les Fret]

Doesn't care what others opnions are. What matters is what your opinion is. And we need pictures.

 

[Bass4LifeRS]

More pictures please, and also, add a P-bass to the stable

 

[roccobass]

Lifelong Jazz player here, so I’m biased. The Bongo sounds good, but I can’t get over the look of it. Just a turnoff. Sorry. Superficial, I am.

 

[jeffb28451]

I'm primarily a Jazz player from way back. Not real fan of the looks of the Bongo, but it's one of the best playing and sounding basses that I've ever owned. I wouldn't take a Bongo to audition with the local
garage band, because most folks want to see a "fender-looking" unit in the bassists' hands, but once other people hear one, they usually fall in love.

Bongo is the only bass I have ever had 3 people compliment on the sound after a gig. Two of them were bass players and didn't even know what it was!

 

[Auer]

Bongo's are beautiful.

Jazz bodies look like Amoeba's

 

[Gluvhand]

I'm primarily a Jazz player from way back. Not real fan of the looks of the Bongo, but it's one of the best playing and sounding basses that I've ever owned. I wouldn't take a Bongo to audition with the local
garage band, because most folks want to see a "fender-looking" unit in the bassists' hands, but once other people hear one, they usually fall in love.

Bongo is the only bass I have ever had 3 people compliment on the sound after a gig. Two of them were bass players and didn't even know what it was!

Does anybody really care what bass a "garage band" bass player is using? This is always one of those things most people have heard about, haven't experienced, and swear it happened to them. I'm 57 and have been playing since I'm 12. Nobody, band leaders, band mates, audience member, circus clowns, has ever commented on what I was playing other than to say they really liked what I was playing or preferred something else I owned. I've recently used my Bongo with punk, prog, metal, and party/dance bands. The only people I've experienced saying the look, or sound, of a Bongo isn't appropriate for certain types of music or bands are some people here.

 

[woody357]

I have two girlfriends, one blonde and one brunette. I like both but would like your opinion.

I’d break up with the brunette and get a redhead

 

[Clark Westfield]

2 different tools like screwdrivers and wrenches.

keep them both.

 

[C Stone]

Keep both, just use the Bongo at home.

 

[songwriter21]

I have both Fender elite Jazz and a 2006 Bongo differential scale but I like the both your opinion

Ditch the Jazz. I think the earlier Deluxe series were waaaay better. Plus, the Bongo, although a quite unique look, has way more flexible eq and a full two-octave neck.